2015
Compartment-Specific and Sequential Role of MyD88 and CARD9 in Chemokine Induction and Innate Defense during Respiratory Fungal Infection
Jhingran A, Kasahara S, Shepardson KM, Junecko BA, Heung LJ, Kumasaka DK, Knoblaugh SE, Lin X, Kazmierczak BI, Reinhart TA, Cramer RA, Hohl TM. Compartment-Specific and Sequential Role of MyD88 and CARD9 in Chemokine Induction and Innate Defense during Respiratory Fungal Infection. PLOS Pathogens 2015, 11: e1004589. PMID: 25621893, PMCID: PMC4306481, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004589.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory fungal infectionsDistinct signal transduction pathwaysSignal transduction pathwaysNeutrophil recruitmentChemokine inductionGenetic deletionFungal infectionsFungal clearanceCellular compartmentsTransduction pathwaysC-type lectinProtein triggersLung epithelial cellsNeutrophil-dependent host defenseInterleukin-1 receptorReceptor signalsConidial uptakeLung neutrophil recruitmentLung-infiltrating neutrophilsNeutrophil chemokines CXCL1Sequential rolesMyD88-deficient miceHematopoietic compartmentProtein knockout miceMajor cellular source
2014
Mutation of NLRC4 causes a syndrome of enterocolitis and autoinflammation
Romberg N, Al Moussawi K, Nelson-Williams C, Stiegler AL, Loring E, Choi M, Overton J, Meffre E, Khokha MK, Huttner AJ, West B, Podoltsev NA, Boggon TJ, Kazmierczak BI, Lifton RP. Mutation of NLRC4 causes a syndrome of enterocolitis and autoinflammation. Nature Genetics 2014, 46: 1135-1139. PMID: 25217960, PMCID: PMC4177367, DOI: 10.1038/ng.3066.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCalcium-Binding ProteinsCARD Signaling Adaptor ProteinsEnterocolitisExomeFamily HealthFatal OutcomeFemaleHumansInflammationMaleMutation, MissensePedigreeSequence Analysis, DNASyndrome
2013
Flagellar Motility Is a Key Determinant of the Magnitude of the Inflammasome Response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Patankar YR, Lovewell RR, Poynter ME, Jyot J, Kazmierczak BI, Berwin B. Flagellar Motility Is a Key Determinant of the Magnitude of the Inflammasome Response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Infection And Immunity 2013, 81: 2043-2052. PMID: 23529619, PMCID: PMC3676033, DOI: 10.1128/iai.00054-13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCARD Signaling Adaptor ProteinsCaspase 1Cell DeathCytoskeletal ProteinsDendritic CellsFlagellaGene Expression RegulationInflammasomesInterleukin-1betaMacrophages, PeritonealMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMovementPhagocytosisPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsConceptsBacterial motilityFlagellar motilityBacterial flagellar motilityInnate immune systemWild-type P. aeruginosaInflammasome activationP. aeruginosaFlagellar expressionIngest bacteriaBone marrow-derived dendritic cellsImmune systemNLRC4 inflammasome activationBacterial associationsCaspase-1 activationBacterial interactionsMarrow-derived dendritic cellsChronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infectionIL-1β levelsCell surfacePseudomonas aeruginosa infectionIL-1β productionInflammasome responseMotilityDendritic cellsAeruginosa infection